The synthesis process of 2-mercapto-5-methoxyimidazo[4
5-b]pyridine
a crucial intermediate of tenatoprazole which is a new proton pump inhibitor
was studied.2
6-Dichloropyridine as raw material was nitrated by nitric acid/sulfuric acid
and after amination 2-amino-3-nitro-6-chloropyridine was obtained.It then reacted with sodium methoxide to give 2-amino-3-nitro-6-methoxypyridine and the intermediate was reduced by H2 with Raney Ni as catalyst to give 2
3-diamino-6-methoxypyridine.Finally cyclization was finished with carbon bisulfide to give the title compound.The optimal reaction conditions and yield(temperature
time
molar yield) were as follows: nitration
110℃
8 h
79.3%; amination
room temperature
10 h
87.6%; methoxylation
65℃
30min
98.7%; reduction
70℃
3 h; cyclization
reflux
4 h
72.4% (two steps).The melting point of the title compound was the same as that reported in literature